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Natural history in the Indian subcontinent has a long heritage with a recorded history going back to the Vedic era. Natural history research in early times included the broad fields of palaeontology, zoology and botany. These studies would today be considered under field of ecology but in former times, such research was undertaken mainly by ...
Botany (Greek Βοτάνη (botanē) meaning "pasture", "herbs" "grass", or "fodder"; [2] Medieval Latin botanicus – herb, plant) [3] and zoology are, historically, the core disciplines of biology whose history is closely associated with the natural sciences chemistry, physics and geology. A distinction can be made between botanical science ...
The Calcutta Botanic Garden was part of a large network of scientific institutions, including the Singapore Botanic Gardens and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Botanic Gardens. This network moved plants between gardens and classified them using the Linnaean system. It supported scientific research and was also used in colonial expansion. [6]
The early recorded history of botany includes many ancient writings and plant classifications. Examples of early botanical works have been found in ancient texts from India dating back to before 1100 BCE, [9] [10] Ancient Egypt, [11] in archaic Avestan writings, and in works from China purportedly from before 221 BCE. [9] [12]
Lalbagh Botanical Garden or simply Lalbagh (lit. ' red garden ' ), is a botanical garden in Bangalore , India , with an over 200-year history. First planned and laid out during the dalavaiship of King Hyder Ali , the garden was later managed under numerous British superintendents before Indian Independence.
Kalpavriksha, the tree of life, also meaning "World Tree", finds mention in the Vedic scriptures. In the earliest account of the Samudra Manthana, or the "churning of the ocean of milk". Kalpavriksha emerged from the primal waters during the ocean churning process along with Kamadhenu, the divine cow that bestows all needs.
Three Hundred Rāmāyaṇas is a scholarly essay that summarizes the history of the Rāmāyaṇa and its spread across India and Asia over a period of 2,500 years or more. . It seeks to demonstrate factually how the story of Rama has undergone numerous variations while being transmitted across different languages, societies, geographical regions, religions, and historical perio
Botanical Survey of India (BSI) located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was founded on 13 February 1890, is Government of India Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change 's organization for survey , research and conservation of plant wealth of India , flora and endangered species of India, including by collecting and maintaining ...